Housing and Homelessness

Question 1

What are health inequities?

Answer 1

Avoidable inequalities in health between groups of people within countries and between countries

Question 2

Life expectancy homeless person vs average

Answer 2

47 homeless men
Average 77

Question 3

What are those who are homeless more at risk of?

Answer 3

• Increased co-morbidities
• Early death

Question 4

Homelessness - what is happening as years go on

Answer 4

• Homelessness, rough sleeping and temporary accomodation is increasing
• Length of stay in temporary accomodation is increasing

Question 5

Do you get your rent paid if you can’t afford it with benefits?

Answer 5

• No they pay for average acceptable price of rent within an area
• There will likely be a rent gap that you have to fill
• We then price out people of low income from housing in certain areas

Question 6

Cause of death in cold

Answer 6

• Thermal shock –> hypothermic heart failure
• Respiratory illness
• Asthma
• Frostbite –> gangrene